Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Just as Peter Megaw described in the MR, Vol.34, # 5 on pages 81 and 82, This specimen began life as a botryoidal crust of malachite on limonite. A later generation of gemmy, lustrous, rich, teal colored, rosasite grew over the malachite. On top of the rosasite are clusters of small, gemmy, hemimorphite crystals. I particularly like the sculptural ...
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